“Where are our children going to go to school? How will you get an appointment at the doctors?

“These are the questions everyone in Horncastle is asking.

“East Lindsey hasn’t listened to us before and I just hope they will listen to us now.

“We are not against new development but there has to be some control to it.”

The Crowder family revealed plans for the Lincoln Road scheme in the News earlier this month.

They will outline their plans at a meeting of the Town Council’s planning and development committee next Tuesday, June 2.

The meeting will be held in the Conference Centre at the Fortuna Business Centre off Mareham Road at 7.30pm.

The meeting will be open to the public after councillors considered requests for an open session.

Town clerk Gillian Mauger said: “The main item on the agenda is the Crowders application and Robert Crowder will attend the meeting to speak in support of it and to answer questions from members of the public

“The Crowders application is also available to view at the Town Council office (based in the library) on a Wednesday and Thursday from 9am until 1pm.”

Robert Crowder has previously stated the growth of Horncastle is inevitable.

He says the housing scheme - which would also include a care facility - would secure the future of the family’s internationally renowned Garden Centre.

A new garden centre would be incorporated in the new development but no decision has been made about the existing garden centre site.

Mr Crowder denied speculation that the site could become an out-of-town supermarket.

The News understands it is more likely it could be utilised to develop Crowders’ increasingly important mail-order business.

Meanwhile, several residents have contacted the News to raise their concerns about the housing proposals.

Robert Colley said he was worried about a number of issues including flooding and an increase in traffic.

He said the proposed site was prone to flooding which had affected existing properties .

Mr Colley also warned the extra traffic would use Accommodation Road and Prospect Street as a ‘rat run’.

He added: “They are even talking an Eastern by-pass. Horncastle really would become a ghost town then.”

The development would include proposals for 30 per cent social housing.

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